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Programs for surveillance and monitoring of antibacterial residues in Australia, 1989 to 1993
Author(s) -
NICHOLLS TJ,
BLACKMAN NL,
STEPHENS IB,
WILD RJ
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1994.tb00951.x
Subject(s) - livestock , antibiotics , residue (chemistry) , environmental health , business , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , ecology , biochemistry
SUMMARY The development of a State‐based confirmatory testing capability for antibiotic residues in meat in Australia has allowed the rapid feedback to producers failing to comply with antibiotic maximum residue limits. The identification of problem areas in various categories of livestock, and subsequent focused surveillance programs, has reduced the prevalence of antibacterial residues in both domestic and export meat products. Failure to observe withholding periods of antibacterial drugs after treatment is the most significant cause of non‐compliance. In the period July 1991 to June 1993 the compliance rate for antibacterial residues for all species was 99.9%.